The Role, powers and structure of the executive and Ministerial Responsibility

The Role, Powers and structure of the Executive

• Main roles of government is to develop policy, foreign policy, organise defence, manage finances, respond to crisis, controlling Law and Order, passing legislation, implementing and managing the state
• The core executive is made up of the PM, Cabinet, advisors of cavinet, gov departments, senior civil servants, thibk tabks and a few senior officials
• 4,000 people in gov
• PM has perogative powers, for example Blair declaring war on Iraq
• PM can also dismiss minister, for example dismissal of Priti Patel 
• PM conducts foreign policy, Geneva summit, Theresa May in 2017 
• Usually 20 -25 in cabinet 
• Sometimes cabinet is consulted heavily, David Cameron 
• Sometimes it isnt consulted at all, Tony Blair with the building of the O2
• Cabinet usually set the government agenda, David Camerins austerity was decided…